Juan Vicente Pérez Mora died on Tuesday at the age of 114.
Caracas, Venezuela:
Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez Mora, certified by Guinness World Records in 2022 as the world’s oldest man, died on Tuesday at the age of 114, officials and relatives said.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on social media platform
According to Guinness Records, Perez was officially confirmed as the oldest living man on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old.
The father of 11 children, as of 2022, he has 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
The farmer named Tio Vicente was born on May 27, 1909 in the town of El Cobre in the Andean state of Tachira, the ninth of 10 children.
A 2022 Guinness statement said: “He began working in agriculture at the age of five alongside his father and brothers, assisting in the harvesting of sugar cane and coffee.”
Perez later became a police sergeant, settling land and family disputes while still working in agriculture.
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